New DIRECTV Receiver from Technicolor LC61 and LH44

[Scott Greczkowski]

Interesting find by Steve Donohue of the Donohue Report about a new receiver that will be coming in about 180 days.

The Technicolor LC61-100 and a LH44

http://www.donohuereport.com/technicolor-building-next-gen-directv-set-top/

And some interesting reading....

http://www.donohuereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Technicolor-LC61-100.pdf

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

If this is the rumored box that is supposed to work with both Directv & Uverse TV, then it will be interesting to see if you can purchase it third party or if you can only get it from an AT&T office & then, only an AT&T installer can install it.

 

[rad]

Sure these aren't receivers used in the Latin American markets, the other STB's that start with an L are?

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Honestly I don't know anything about these boxes, but if they were for Latin America why are they going through the FCC for approval?

 

[HoTat2]

Sort of confusing...

No mention of what the "LH44" is, and this "LC61-100" is supposed to be a client box, but a client to what server?

And well .... at least before the merger the "L" letter prefix meant it was intended for the DIRECTV LA market.

If I were to guess, these are to be H44 Genie lite and C61client box versions for LA.

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[texasbrit]

C61......

 

[HoTat2]

C61......

Thanks. ...

Corrected ...

My guess is then a H44 Genie-lite and a C61possibly 4K client for LA.

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[texasbrit]

That's what it looks like to me....

 

[Drucifer]

Interesting find by Steve Donohue of the Donohue Report about a new receiver that will be coming in about 180 days.

The Technicolor LC61-100 and a LH44

http://www.donohuereport.com/technicolor-building-next-gen-directv-set-top/

And some interesting reading....

http://www.donohuereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Technicolor-LC61-100.pdf

My guess on this is that it is a Genie Lite being setup for Live 4K broadcasts.

 

[texasbrit]

The US version of the H44 won't do live 4K, you have to have an HR54. Not sure why Latin America would be any different.

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

The US version of the H44 won't do live 4K, you have to have an HR54. Not sure why Latin America would be any different.

I looked up LA receivers for LA Directv, & "that other site" had a thread in 2014 about a LH26 that resembled a H25, but had unique features for the local market(Argentina) that allowed it to pick up OTA transmissions built in, & using a 16gb & over USB stick, it could operate as a dvr. So the idea that a LH44 could broadcast 4k or operate like a HR54 while looking like a H44 Genie Lite wouldn't be out of the realm of possibilities, especially if it's tailored for the television broadcast standards of the local market.

 

[Drucifer]

OK then, it is our guess, that these are renamed and possibly reconfigured existing equipment for LA that we'll probably never see here in the States.

So what next for us is still a big question mark.

 

[alnielsen]

The RB transmissions are for US only. It is possible that the LA sat could use the KA transponders for 4K.

 

[goaliebob99]

The RB transmissions are for US only. It is possible that the LA sat could use the KA transponders for 4K.

Wrong... SKYM-1 has two reverse-band transponders in addition to its core payload of 24 Ku-band transponders. Sky Mexico is a part of DTVLA even though it is its own entity. Also people forget's that Sky Mexico also uses remanufactured Directv equipment.

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

The interesting thing about the LH26 that I read from that "other site" was that it obviously wasn't a SWM only receiver. They were(at that time) still using the old legacy pre-SWM satellite hook-up, plus an Eagle Aspen DTV3X4 multi-switch for it. But the thread mentioned a newer receiver, the LH27-100, which appears to not have internal OTA capabilities, & is SWM compliant.